Song Lyrics

Red Sox on the screen that night,
A crowded bar, the basement light,
Your buddies laughing, close and loud,
I stood there shy amid the crowd.
Then you leaned in with that easy grin,
"So you're from Ohio," and I was in.

Happy birthday to the one I chose,
The heart that called me sweet "k-bones,"
My chef, my home, my everything true,
There's no place I'd rather be than next to you.
So raise a glass, let the good times roll,
Alex, you're the whole of my soul.

Out in Otis, under the pines,
You knelt right down, asked to be mine.
Then Provincetown, that strange hard year,
We said "I do" with a small family here.
But love was loud when the world went still,
And it's louder now, and it always will.

Happy birthday to the one I chose,
The heart that called me sweet "k-bones,"
My chef, my home, my everything true,
There's no place I'd rather be than next to you.
So raise a glass, let the good times roll,
Alex, you're the whole of my soul.

Two big cats and a Southie street,
A life we built, oh ain't it sweet?
Every day's a gift you give,
The reason and the way I live.

So here's to years still up ahead,
The words unsaid, the roads untread,
Through every storm and sunny day,
I'll love you more, come what may.
Alex, my darling, this song's for you -
The truest thing I've ever knew.

Happy birthday to the one I chose,
The heart that called me sweet "k-bones,"
My chef, my home, my everything true,
There's no place I'd rather be than next to you.

Raise a glass, let it all unfold,
Happy birthday, my heart of gold.